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HB0106 • 2025

Monument to America.

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; creating the monument to America development and oversight task force; providing duties of the task force; requiring a report; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Harshman
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill is inactive and did not pass.

Monument to America

This act creates a task force to plan and oversee the development of a monument celebrating American history on school trust lands, with specific duties including selecting historical figures and determining its location.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a task force called the Monument to America Development and Oversight Task Force.
  • The task force will develop plans for the monument, which should be similar in size to Mount Rushmore, featuring important historical American figures recommended by the task force.
  • Requires the task force to find a suitable location for the monument on school trust lands.
  • Asks the task force to make recommendations about the development and administration of the monument by July 4, 2026.
  • Provides funding from the general fund to cover expenses related to the task force.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The governor or their designee
  • Tribal liaisons appointed by the governor
  • Legislators including the speaker of the house and president of the senate
  • Former governors, speakers, and presidents who agree to participate

Terms To Know

Task Force
A group created to handle a specific project or issue.
School Trust Lands
Land set aside by the government for educational purposes, often used for revenue generation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and is now inactive.
  • It does not specify which historical figures will be featured in the monument.
  • Funding details are limited to a specific period ending June 30, 2027.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0106HS001

Standing Committee • House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Re

Filed

Plain English: The amendment limits the number of task force members to twenty and changes the task force's duty from determining one location for the monument to identifying a list of potential locations.

  • Limits the Monument to America Development and Oversight Task Force to no more than twenty members.
  • Changes the task force’s responsibility from selecting a single location for the monument to creating a list of possible locations.
  • The amendment text does not provide details on how the task force will select or evaluate potential locations, leaving some aspects unclear.
HB0106HS002

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Filed

Plain English: The amendment reduces the amount of money allocated for the Monument to America project from forty thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars in two places within the bill.

  • Changes 'forty thousand dollars' to 'twenty thousand dollars' on page 4, line 1 and line 12.
  • Replaces '($40,000.00)' with '($20,000.00)' on page 4, line 2 and line 13.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2025-02-10 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2025-02-07 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 2-5-0-0-0

  4. 2025-02-06 House

    :Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations

  5. 2025-02-06 House

    H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel

  7. 2025-01-06 House

    H Received for Introduction

  8. 2025-01-03 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0194
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0194
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0106

Monument to America.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Harshman, Byron and Sherwood and Senator(s) Anderson, Brennan and Landen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; creating the monument to America development and oversight task force; providing duties of the task force; requiring a report; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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(a)

There is created the monument to America development and oversight task force to consist of the governor or the governor's designee, the tribal liaisons appointed by the governor under W.S. 9-1-221, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and any living former governor, former speaker of the house of representatives or former president of the senate who agrees to participate in the task force.

(b)

The task force shall:

(i)

Develop preliminary specifications, plans and features for the monument to America in recognition of the upcoming two hundred and fifty (250) year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The monument to America shall be similar in size and scope to the Mount Rushmore national monument and shall feature important historical American figures as recommended by the task force including native American leaders. The historical figures proposed for the monument shall include important historical figures from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries;

(ii)

Determine a location for the monument to America, with the objective of locating the monument on school trust lands for the long
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term benefit of the common school account within the permanent land fund;

(iii)

Make recommendations for the development, location and administrative structure of the monument to America to the governor, the joint appropriations committee and the joint travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources interim committee not later than July 4, 2026.

(c)

The active legislative members of the task force shall receive compensation, per diem and travel expenses in the manner and amount prescribed by W.S. 28
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5
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101. Task force members who are not active legislators and are not state employees shall receive the compensation, per diem and mileage paid to members of the Wyoming legislature under W.S. 28
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5
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101.

(d)

The task force shall be staffed by the department of state parks and cultural resources. The department of tourism and the state geologist shall provide assistance to the task force at the request of the task force.

(e)

The task force shall terminate June 30, 2027.

Section 2.

(a)

There is appropriated forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) from the general fund to the governor's office to pay compensation, mileage and per diem for nonlegislative members of the task force. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2027. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2027.

(b)

There is appropriated forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) from the general fund to the legislative service office to pay for salary, mileage and per diem of active legislative members appointed to the task force. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2027. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2027.

Section 3
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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